Alliance comments on latest children’s centre inspection statistics
5th June 2014
Commenting on the latest children’s centre inspection figures, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, said:
“It is encouraging to see such an improvement in the outcomes of group children’s centres, given that the number of centres working in such an arrangement is steadily increasing. However, more than half of all centres remain less than ‘good’ and given the pivotal role that children’s centres play within the childcare sector, it is important that the trend of improvement continues across the board.
“While the government has said that it recognises the value of the service that children’s centres provide, this in itself is not enough. It is vital that they are given the support that they need — both financial and practical — to enable them to provide a high-quality service to the children and families who access them.
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Notes for editors
- The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
- Through direct provision and its membership of 14,000 nurseries, sessional pre-schools and parent and toddler groups, the Alliance supports over 800,000 children and their families in England. The Alliance also develops and runs family learning programmes, offers information and advice, runs acclaimed training and accreditation programmes and campaigns to influence early years policy and practice.
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